The Angel Nebula - NGC 2170 (Jason Cropper)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Monoceros (Mon) · Contains: HD41794 · HD42004 · HD42051 · HD42115 · HD42261 · HD42279 · HD42338 · HD42410 · LBN 1000 · LBN 993 · LBN 994 · LBN 995 · LBN 996 · LBN 997 · LBN 998 · LBN 999 · LDN 1646 · NGC 2170 · NGC 2182 · NGC 2183 · NGC 2185 · VdB69 · VdB73

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The Angel Nebula - NGC 2170

Revision title: Reprocessed in 2024 with new techniques

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The Angel Nebula - NGC 2170

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The Angel Nebula - 4+ hours of exposure and 10+ hours of image processing in Pixinsight.

Reflecting the light of nearby hot stars, NGC 2170 (The Angel Nebula) is joined by other bluish reflection nebulae, a red emission region, many dark absorption nebulae, and a backdrop of colorful stars. Like the common household items still life painters often choose for their subjects, the clouds of gas, dust, and hot stars pictured are also commonly found in this setting - a massive, star-forming molecular cloud in the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros). The giant molecular cloud, Mon R2, is impressively close, estimated to be only 2,400 light-years or so away. At that distance, this canvas would be over 60 light-years across.

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Description: This data set is over exposed. Because of this, heavy cropping occurred. I was still learning the RASA 11 at the time and my exposures were 6x too long. This is a great example of garbage in garbage out. I'll re-image this year and delete this one most likely. I reprocessed it to see how far I could get.

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RA (center)	06h08m57s.750
RA (top/left)	06h06m17s.276
RA (top/right)	06h11m40s.991
RA (bottom/right)	06h11m38s.430
RA (bottom/left)	06h06m14s.496

Dec (center)	-06°20′27″.44
Dec (top/left)	-06°43′44″.70
Dec (top/right)	-06°42′21″.93
Dec (bottom/right)	-05°57′06″.71
Dec (bottom/left)	-05°58′29″.43

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